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Town demolishes Bethpage “zombie home”

Supervisor Saladino (right) and Councilman Imbroto begin demolition of a zombie home in Bethpage.

Place on April 1, with the consent of the homeowner, after a judge allowed

inspectors to access the property last fall. At that time, water was seen coming out of the home due to burst pipes, the Town said. The Town said the property violated many requirements of Town Code.

To help combat zombie homes in local communities, the Town Board last year approved a comprehensive package of laws that increase the Town’s ability to seek restitution from property owners and lending institutions in violation of Town Code. These new legislations further allow the Town to recover costs associated with maintenance of vacant properties, and also require that a $25,000 trust account must be established when a home enters into foreclosure. Most recently, the Town approved the creation of a mortgage default registry, which adds an additional layer of protection to its existing provisions for properties in foreclosure and holds lending institutions and property owners responsible for any maintenance required on an abandoned or derelict property.

According to the Town’s Code Enforcement Bureau, the Bureau first

inspected the property in July 2017 following complaints from neighbors. While awaiting action from the homeowner, the Town continued to monitor the property and perform cleanups as necessary. Last year, the Town was notified that water was coming out of the home, and it was discovered that pipes burst inside the house. The Town received a judge’s order for permission to access the premises last fall, at which time an interior survey was conducted.

The Town’s inspection found the home in very poor condition, with extensive interior damage, rotting floors and walls, mold and mildew, as well as rotting trash throughout.

A new builder recently purchased the property and agreed to demolish the dwelling as per the conditions outlined in a stipulation of settlement with the Town.

“This home has been an eyesore in this community, and residents can now breathe a sigh of relief that this derelict property has been removed,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated.

Hicksville business closed because of compliance problems

BY GARY SIMEONE

There will be no more bow and arrows at the C&B Archery Center in Hicksville, as the business recently shut its doors after operating  in the town for more than a decade. The Town of Oyster Bay helped to spur that decision along after enforcing requirements in 2016 that the business needed to adhere to.

“After operating illegally for more than a decade, the company received a special-use permit from the Town Board in 2016,” said Town spokeswoman Marta Kane. “The approval included requirements based on State law to accommodate individuals with disabilities.”

The owner of C&B Archery, Ralph Allocco, opened

the business located on Commercial Avenue in Hicksville, in 2006.

Allocco said that the cost of the Town’s new compliance rules, which included accommodating people with disabilities, was more than he could afford to pay.

“We have done everything that the Town required us to do and now they are asking for more,” said the 71-year-old Allocco. “When I went before the Town Board to approve the archery center, I was under the impression that all was good. Now I cannot afford to do anymore to appease them.”

He said other Town codes that were outlined included repaving and striping the parking lot, installing outdoor lighting and adding State required handi-

capped-bathrooms and drinking fountains. The total cost of the additions were between $75,000-$100,000 on a building that he leases.

The Archery Center was a popular gathering spot for novices  as well as experienced marksmen in the recreational and sometimes competitive sport. The center itself had a main range with 28 shooting lanes and different types of targets including Block and SpyderWeb targets.

“I had spent a lot of time there over the years practicing my craft and I’m sorry to see them go,” said a man named Benjamin from Levittown. “It was more than just about using a bow to shoot arrows. It was a social outlet for me and my buddies who came here.”

The Town of Oyster Bay demolished a so-called “zombie home” on Warwick

Town yard waste collection to resume

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilman Anthony Macagnone announced that yard waste collection will resume for homeowners who receive Town recycling collection beginning the week of April 8.

“With the spring season upon us, many residents are cleaning up their properties from leaves and other debris left behind by winter,” said Supervisor Saladino said. “Yard waste collection, which includes lawn clippings, will get underway the first week in April.”

Residents should place yard waste curbside on their same day as their

recycling items.  Yard waste is collected by Town sanitation crews and taken to compost facilities.  Waste includes grass clippings, weeds, leaves, tree trimmings, hedge and shrub clippings and other garden/ yard waste.  Materials should be placed in bags at the curb, and should weigh no more than 50 pounds.  No household garbage, refuse or animal waste should be disposed with yard waste.

For more information on the Town’s recycling program, or other sanitation services, visit www. OysterBayTown.com/recycling or call (516) 677-5745.

Free property tax grievance workshops

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino today announced that the Town will host two Free Property Tax Assessment Grievance Workshops for residents looking to acquire information on how to challenge their 20202021 property tax assessments. The workshops will be held on Monday, April 15 at 7 pm. at Town Hall North, 54 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay, and on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 pm at the North Massapequa Community Center, 214 N. Albany Avenue in Massapequa.

“While Nassau County determines your value, we in Town government want to make sure you know that you have a right as homeowner to challenge your assessment.  Remember, your assessment can only be lowered as the result of a challenge – it can never be raised – and this workshop helps you challenge for free,” Supervisor Saladino said. “If you are a homeowner who disagrees with the assessed value of your property, I invite you to attend

one of these Property Tax Assessment Workshops, as the property tax grievance deadline of April 30th is quickly approaching.”

In January 2019, Nassau County notified residents of their homes’ new tentative assessed value for the 2020/2021 school tax period and the 2021 general tax period.  Any residents who did not receive the notice may view it online at www.mynassauproperty.com or contact their local County legislator.

At the workshop, an assessment expert will answer questions and show residents how to use online tools to file an “Application for Correction of Assessment” online or via mail. There is no requirement to pay a law firm or agency to file a grievance.

For more information on the Free Property Tax Grievance Workshop, residents should call (516) 624-6380 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.  For more information on your property, visit www.LRV.nassaucountny.gov

Levittown Chamber offers scholarships

The Levittown Chamber of Commerce will award four $500 scholarships to high school seniors attending a college or technical school. The scholarships are open to public & private school students living in the Levittown & Island Trees School Districts.

Visit levittownchamber.com for an application & for details regarding the scholarship. Applications must be postmarked by April 19, 2019.

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Town plans harbor, beach cleanup

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to participate in the annual Oyster Bay Harbor & Beach Cleanup, scheduled for Saturday, April 13. The event is co-sponsored by the joined forces of the Town of Oyster Bay, the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association (NOBBA) and Friends of the Bay.  This environmental cleanup initiative is scheduled to begin 8:00 am.

“This great event features Town employees and volunteers rolling up their sleeves and working side by side to clean up the beaches and shoreline areas along Oyster Bay Harbor,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “With Earth Day right around the corner, this important environmental initiative is the perfect way to pitch in and help make a difference!”

Volunteers are invited to participate in the cleanup, which will run from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. The central meeting place will be Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park launching ramps and

waterfront gazebo off of Larrabee Avenue, Oyster Bay. Additional locations for the clean-up include Theodore Roosevelt Beach in Oyster Bay, Stehli Beach in Bayville and Centre Island Beach in Bayville. Typically, in years past, harbor and beach clean-up events have resulted in about forty thousand pounds of debris collected by volunteers.

Councilwoman Michele Johnson stated, “Each year, countless amounts of paper, food, plastics and other trash are discarded on beaches or dumped overboard from recreational and commercial vessels. Allowing this litter to remain on our shorelines will only lead to increasingly worse damage for the environment.”

Individuals and groups who are interested can get further information by calling the Town’s Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 6775943 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

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Employee arrested for illegal videotaping at salon

Nassau County Police arrested a Wantagh man for allegedly secretly video taping a customer in a private room at a tanning salon.

According to detectives, on Tuesday, Jake Gabler-Colotti, 22,  who was employed by Beach Bum Tanning, 3151 Hempstead Turnpike, was observed by a female customer using a camera to videotape her while she was in a private tanning room. After the customer contacted the police, Gabler-Colotti was placed into custody at the salon.

Police say that  subsequent investigation by detectives revealed that the defendant had, on previous occasions, videotaped other female customers in the Levittown, Seaford and Plainview Beach Bum Tanning salons.

Gabler-Colotti was arrested on March 12th and charged with 2 counts of Unlawful Surveillance, 2nd Degree.

Detectives request anyone who believes they may have been a vic -

tim of Gabler-Colotti to contact the Second Squad at (516) 573-6253 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.

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Grand opening of Food Universe

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino joined with Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, as well as corporate executives, community leaders and the owner and staff of Food Universe in celebrating their grand opening in Hicksville. Food Universe, a subsidiary of Key Food, is located at 520 S. Broadway. Supervisor Saladino presented a citation, congratulated owner Amandeep Singh and wished him and his staff tremendous success.

Supermarket Bingo

The Joseph Barry Columbiettes will be hosting a Supermarket/ Gift Card Bingo on Friday, April 12.

Doors open at 6:30 pm and games begin at 7 pm. Admission is $8 (in advance) ($10 at door) per person and includes one set of cards and coffee and cake and raffles.

The event will take place at Knights of Columbus Hall, 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville,

Call for reservations Louise 938-0963; Ronnie 428-3245.

Military Bridge

Catholic Daughters of the Americas, St. Ignatius Parish Hicksville will be hosting a Military Bridge on Sunday, April 7 in Msgr. Tarrant Hall, St. Ignatius Old School on East Nicolai Street.  The hall is handicapped accessible.

The Bridge will begin at 1:30 pm.

Walk-ins are welcome. No experience is necessary to play! Everyone goes home with a prize!

$10 per person. Cake & coffee/ tea are included.

For more information call Margaret at 516-822-6087 or CDA869court@gmail. com

Second half school taxes due

Town residents are reminded that the Second Half of the 2018-2019 School Tax Levy is due on April 1, but can be paid without penalty through May 10.  Please be certain to sign your check, payable to James J. Stefanich, receiver of taxes.  Indicate your property’s S.D. Code, Section, Block, Lot and telephone number on the check.

“By law, a taxpayer has a 40-day penalty free period from the date the tax is due during which payment may be made without penalty,” Mr. Stefanich explained.  “After the 40 days, a one percent penalty is added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroactive to April 1.”

Residents can pay in person, by either cash or check, at the Tax Office, Oyster Bay Town Hall West, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, or by check only at our office in Town Hall South (rear entrance), located at 977 Hicksville Road in Massapequa.  When paying the tax bill in person, taxpayers are reminded to bring the entire tax bill with their payments.

Homeowners, who prefer to mail in their payments, should send them to the Office of the Receiver of Taxes, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 117711539.  Payments being made by mail should include the second half stub.  Residents should NOT write on, fold, staple or otherwise deface the tax stub as it can cause the computer system to reject the payment.

Residents now have free access to tax bills online with the ability to pay taxes through ACH check payment or credit card.  These services are available through a link on our Town website, www.oysterbaytown.com. Residents should be aware there is a service fee if they chose to pay taxes online (Town of Oyster Bay receives no portion of fee).

“When calling the Tax Office for information on property taxes, residents are requested to have the school district, section, block and lot numbers of the property in question available.  This information is listed on the tax bill and on the property deed,” added Receiver Stefanich.

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Levittown Property Owners Association News

The Levittown Property Owners Association's fourth meeting of the year will be held on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 pm at the Levittown Library, Bluegrass Lane entrance. LPOA meetings are open to the public and all are welcome.

This month, the special guest speaker will be Nassau County’s clerk, Maureen O’Connell. The county clerk’s office handles items like land records, passport services, county veterans services, obtaining vital documents, historical guides to Nassau County, student resources and care of the American flag. Ms. O’Connell will discuss how the county clerk’s office operates and things of which residents should be aware.

Update

The LPOA reserved the Community Room through June 2019. However, it received a letter from the Levittown Public Library stating that it will be doing renovations on the room in the spring. We will keep you informed.

News You Can Use

To report problems in your neighborhood or if you have concerns, you can contact: Nassau County’s Problem Orientated Policing Unit—the P.O.P. program. Officers David Brohman and Officer Mike Bilardello from the Second Precinct have been assigned to the area. You can reach them at: (516) 573-6870 or email them at:   dbrohman@pdcn.org or mbilardello@pdcn.org

Please note: Officer Mike Cammarata will be out of work for a while.   The LPOA looks forward to meeting new Mike.

Occasionally, the Association may have to cancel a meeting. It will leave a message with the Levittown Public Library (731-5728) no later than 5:00 pm on the day of the meeting, and will try to contact our members via emails and phone calls.

Calendar Program

Our project of collecting calendars for our veterans in V.A. hospitals goes on year round. If you would like to donate your spare calendars, please give them to any LPOA board member. Thank you for your generous contributions.

LPOA Executive Board

Brian Kelty, Tom Caro, Bill Zino, Bob Koenig, Christine Morrow, Dale Bertan

To Become a Member of the LPOA

Dues are $10.00 per year per family. You can pay at a meeting or mail checks to:

Levittown Property Owners Association P.O. Box 804, Levittown, NY 11756

We meet ten months per year and send out a newsletter for those months. We do not meet in July and August; however, the LPOA Executive Board is always available if you need to contact us.

Irish Family History Forum

On Saturday, April 20, at 10 am, the Irish Family History Forum will present "Joan Koster-Morales - Behind the Institutional Walls of 19th-Century New York City: What’s to Be Found?"

Joan Koster-Morales will discuss how to access institutional records, when available, online and in archives. She will also talk about the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on records access and current New York State Freedom of Information law.

Meet and socialize with other members.

Ask the Experts: This is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an experienced genealogist to ask a basic genealogy question.

11:15 am: Featured Speaker: Joan Koster-Morales

Meetings are free and open to the public.

Light refreshments are served.

The meeting will take place at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage.

Place an ad in our Classifieds for reasonable rates and prompt results. Call the GC office today at 294-8900 for more info.

The schedule for the day will be: 10:00 am: Kathleen McGee: Genealogy Tips and Tricks 10:45 am: Refreshment Break

For information: contact Pat at programs@ifhf.org or website: www.ifhf. org

Conversational, opinionated, wordsmith? Email submissions: editor@gcnews.com

We’re looking for writers in our community to compose articles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even pieces of fiction. We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section.

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court

State of New York

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-13BTT, Plaintiff, vs.

BRUCE TOPOL; CELINA TOPOL, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on October 25, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on April 16, 2019 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 63 Carriage Lane, Plainview, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 13, Block 119 and Lot 140, Building No. 202, Unit 226 together with an undivided 0.75 percent interest in the Common Elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $392,627.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 8827/13.

Anthony Iovino, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. MIT 5793

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court State of New York

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, vs.

COLLEEN P. TUZZOLO, MICHAEL P. TUZZOLO A/K/A MIKE P. TUZZOLO, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Final Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on August 26, 2014, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on April 16, 2019 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 16 Prose Street, Hicksville, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-

ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block 310 and Lots 21-23. Approximate amount of judgment is $237,546.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12/011033.

Ann Marie Diaz, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. MIT 5794 4X 03/15,22,29,04/05

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ROGERS ASSOCIATES, LLC

Articles of Organization filed with the Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 09/27/2018. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 299 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. Purpose or character: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #96633 MIT 5795 4X 03/15,22,29,04/05,12,19

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court State of New York MTGLQ INVESTORS LP, Plaintiff AGAINST Patrick Schmith, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 18, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on April 16, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 10 PINE STREET, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Hicksville, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 12, BLOCK 254, LOT 59-61. Approximate amount of judgment $423,390.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-002425.

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

MIT 5796

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-6, Plaintiff against DANIELE DILEO, MARIA DILEO, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 16, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 23rd day of April, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Said premises known as 50 Heitz Place, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801. (Section: 0012, Block: 00234-00, Lot: 00023 & 00024).

Approximate amount of lien $ 310,193.47 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 1241-16.

Lawrence M. Schaeffer, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900

MIT 5797

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, on behalf of the holders of CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5, Plaintiff AGAINST

Victor E. Paz a/k/a Victor E. Paz Sr.; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 8, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on

April 30, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 75 Meadow Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of NY, Section 46 Block 125 Lots 3 & 156. Approximate amount of judgment $953,155.51 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 4175-14.

Harold Damm, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: March 11, 2019 MIT 5798 4X 03/29,04/05,12,19

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Beatriz E. Acosta AKA Beatriz Acosta, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 05, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on May 07, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 14 LILY LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 45, BLOCK 201, LOT 6. Approximate amount of judgment $441,323.72 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 17-002691.

ANTHONY FRANCIS ALTIMARI, ESQ. , Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

MIT 5799

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau US BANK TRUST, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, V.

ROBERT HETNER JR. A/K/A ROBERT L. HERNER, JR.; ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 03, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein US BANK TRUST, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST is the Plaintiff and ROBERT HETNER JR. A/K/A ROBERT L. HERNER, JR.; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NASSAU SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 7, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 93 BRITTLE LN, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: Section 0045, Block 00279-00, Lot 00015: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND, BEING AT HICKSVILLE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 023346/2010.

ROBERT F. HARPER, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. MIT 5800 4X 04/05,12,19,26 4/05,12,19,26

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE HICKSVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Hicksville, Nassau County New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Hicksville Union Free School District, Nassau County, New York, will be held in the Board Room of the Administration Building, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York, in said School District on May 8, 2019 at 8:30 PM, prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a

detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on May 21, 2019.

3. To transact such other business as may appropriately come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the school district during business hours beginning May 1, 2019 at the Administration Office, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, Nassau County, New York, and at each of the schoolhouses in the School District, to wit, Hicksville High School, Hicksville Middle School, Burns Avenue School, Dutch Lane School, East Street School, Fork Lane School, Lee Avenue School, Old Country Road School and Woodland School.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on May 21, 2019 between the hours of 7:00AM and 9:00PM, prevailing time, in the seven (7) Election Districts, stated below, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machines upon the following items: 1. To consider the following proposition: Shall the Budget approved by

the Board of Education for the fiscal year 2019-20, pursuant to Education Law Section 1716, be approved, and a tax on the taxable property of the District in the amount of such Budget, less State and Federal Aid and revenues from other sources, be levied?

2. To consider the following proposition:

In the event the voters approve the District Budget contained at PROPOSITION NO. 1 above, shall the sum of $60,000 be appropriated to the Hicksville Gregory Museum for educational services associated with its programs and a tax be levied on the taxable property of the District in that amount?

PROPOSITION NO. 2 is contingent upon approval of the voters of PROPOSITION NO. 1.”

3. a. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2019, and expiring on June 30, 2022, to succeed incumbent Carla Hoene whose term expires on June 30, 2019.

b. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2019, and expiring on June 30, 2022, to succeed incumbent Lynda Parmely whose term expires on June 30, 2019.

AND FURTHER NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s Budget for 2019-20, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the School District, during business hours beginning on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the Administration Office, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, Nassau County, New York, and at each of the schoolhouses in the School District, to wit, Hicksville High School, Hicksville Middle School, Burns Avenue School, Dutch Lane School, East Street School, Fork Lane School, Lee Avenue School, Old Country Road School and Woodland School.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at the Administration Office, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, Nassau County, New York, on regular business days, Monday through Friday, (holidays

excepted), between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:30PM, prevailing time, but not later than April 22, 2019. Petitions may be filed by mail but in such event must be sent registered mail addressed to the District Clerk, Hicksville Union Free School District, Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, and will not be considered to have been filed until actually and physically received by the said Clerk. Mail petitions received after 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on any day will be deemed to have been received on the next regular business day. Each nominating petition shall be signed by at least twenty-eight (28) qualified voters of the School District (representing 2% of the number of voters in the previous annual election); and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is being nominated. Each vacancy to be filled upon the Board of Education shall be considered a separate, specific office. No person will be nominated by petition for more than one (1) separate, specific office. The nominating petition shall also describe at least the length of the term of office and contain the name of the last incumbent, shall state the name and residence of each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. Forms for nominating petitions to fill vacancies on the Board of Education may be obtained on request from the Office of the District Clerk.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Education Law Section 2014 or Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Education Law Section 2014 and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this Budget Vote and Election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this Budget Vote and Election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration will meet for the purposes of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law at each of the seven (7) separate Election Districts on May 7, 2019 between the hours of 3:00PM and 8:00PM, prevail-

ing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid Budget Vote and Election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such Budget Vote and Election for which the Register is prepared. The Register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Administration Building, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on May 16, 2019 between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:30PM, prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the Budget Vote and Election, except Sunday or holidays and between 9:00AM and 12 Noon on Saturday, May 18, 2019, and at the polling places on the day of the Budget Vote and Election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on May 21, 2019 between the hours of 7:00AM and 9:00PM, prevailing time, at each of the seven (7) separate Election Districts to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2020 and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Budget Vote and Election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 21, 2019.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots may be obtained during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning on Monday, April 8, 2019. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 13, 2019, if the

ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or not later than 4:30 PM, prevailing time, on Monday, May 20, 2019, if the ballot is to be given personally to the voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM, prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the School District in the office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 16, 2019, between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, prevailing time, on weekdays prior to the day set for the Budget Vote and Election and on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, the day set for the Budget Vote and Election, and said list will be posted at the polling places at the Budget Vote and Election. Any qualified voter then present in the polling places may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his or her challenge and the reasons therefor known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said Budget Vote and Election, must be submitted pursuant to Board Policy No. 2120, a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 2035 of the Education Law. A separate petition will be required for each referenda or proposition submitted. Such petition will be addressed to the Board of Education substantially in the form set forth in Board Policy No. 2120, complete in all respects and containing all the notices and information specified or requested in such form. Copies of Board Policy No. 2120 and blank forms may be obtained on request from the Office of the District Clerk. The question or proposition submitted will be stated affirmatively. For purposes of clarity or to prevent misunderstanding, the Board of Education may cause the question or proposition to be reworded; and for purposes of placement on the ballot, it may cause same to be summarized. Copies of the full text thereof will be readily available and displayed at each polling place on the date on which the vote thereon is taken. The

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Board of Education will have full discretion with reference to the order and placement of questions and propositions on the ballot. Where feasible, propositions and questions submitted pursuant to Board Policy No. 2120E-2 will be grouped on the ballot separately from those presented by the Board of Education, and in any event will be marked clearly in bold type with the legend “ON BALLOT BY PETITION.” Such petition must be signed by at least seventy (70) qualified voters of the School District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous Budget Vote and Election). To be valid and counted, a signature must be affixed to the petition not earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day preceding the earliest date on which the petition may be filed under these rules; and the signer must at the time of signing note the date thereof on the petition in his or her own handwriting; and the signer must be a qualified voter both at the time of signing and at the time the petition is filed. The surname of any signer whose name is not reasonably legible will be printed above his or her address in the space provided for such address on the petition and before the petition is filed. Petitions containing or concerned with questions or propositions, notice of which is required by law to be included in the meeting notice, will be filed not earlier than the seventieth (70th) nor later than the sixtieth (60th) day preceding the date of the district meeting at which the vote thereon is sought in such petition. All other petitions filed hereunder will be filed not later than the thirtieth (30th) day preceding the date of the district meeting at which a vote thereon is sought. Petitions will be timely filed with or in the Office of the District Clerk, Hicksville Union Free School District, Administration Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, between the hours of 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM, prevailing time, on any regular business day, Monday through Friday, (holidays excepted) during the appropriate period specified above. Petitions may be filed by mail but in such event must be sent registered mail addressed to the District Clerk, Hicksville Union Free School District, Administration

Building, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York 11801, and will not be considered to have been filed until actually and physically received by the said Clerk. Petitions filed by mail which are received after 4:30 PM, prevailing time, on any day will be deemed to have been received on the next regular business day. The Board of Education, in its sole and absolute discretion, may waive technical defects or irregularities in any petition submitted under Board Policy No. 2120, and direct that the same be accepted and filed as complete. However, the Board of Education will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of money is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Election Districts have been established in the School District. The boundaries of the Election Districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, and the place in each Election District for registration and voting shall be as follows:

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1

- BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL

On the East: Broadway, from the District’s North Line, to the intersection Jerusalem Avenue and Broadway, continuing South along Jerusalem Avenue to the intersection of Jerusalem Avenue and the Long Island Railroad.

On the South: The Long Island Railroad, from Jerusalem Avenue to the District’s West Line.

On the West: The District’s West Line from the Long Island Railroad to the District’s North Line.

On the North: The District’s North Line from the District’s West Line to Broadway.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2

- EAST

STREET SCHOOL

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Woodbury Road to Ardsley Gate, then Southeast through Ardsley Gate to Dartmouth Drive, then Southwest and South through Dartmouth Drive to its intersection with Haverford Road, then East to the intersection of Haverford Road and Berkshire Road, then East along Berkshire Road to its intersection with Columbia Road, then East along Columbia Road to the District’s East Line, then South along the District’s East Line to the Long Island Railroad.

On the South and Southwest: Along the Long Island Railroad, from the District’s East Line southerly point, to the intersection of the Long Island Railroad and Jerusalem Avenue.

On the West: Broadway from Jerusalem Avenue to the District’s North Line.

On the North: the District’s North Line from Broadway to Miller Road, as projected to said line.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 - WOODLAND SCHOOL

On the North: Northeast and East along the District’s North Line, from Miller Road, as projected to the District’s North Line, to the District’s East Line.

On the East: South along the District’s East Line, from the District’s North Line, to Columbia Road.

On the South and West: Columbia Road, from the District’s East Line, West to Berkshire Road, then West along Berkshire Road into Haverford Road, and continuing West on Haverford Road to Dartmouth Drive then North and Northeast along Dartmouth Drive to Ardsley Gate; then Northwest through Ardsley Gate to Woodbury Road, then Southwest along Woodbury Road to Ronald Avenue, then West along Ronald Avenue to Miller Road, then North along Miller Road and continuing thereon as it is projected, to the District’s North Line.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 - LEE AVENUE SCHOOL

On the East-Northeast: the Long Island Railroad, from its intersection with Old Country Road, to the Southerly point of the District’s East Line.

to Jerusalem Avenue.

On the West and North: Along Jerusalem Avenue, from the District’s South Line, to Salem Gate, then West along Salem Gate to Salem Road, then North to Harkin Lane, then Northwest along Harkin Lane to Division, then North along Division Avenue to Glenbrook Road, then Northwest along Glenbrook Road to Newbridge Road, then Northwest along Newbridge Road to Old Country Road, then East along Old Country Road to the Long Island Railroad.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 5

- FORK LANE SCHOOL

On the East: Jerusalem Avenue from Salem Gate, to the District’s South Line.

On the North: Salem Gate, West from Jerusalem Avenue, to Salem Road, then North along Salem Road to Harkin Lane, then Northwest along Harkin Lane to Division Avenue, then Northwesterly along Division Avenue to Glenbrook Road then West along Glenbrook Road to Newbridge Road.

On the West: Newbridge Road, from Glenbrook Road on the North, to the District’s South Line.

On the South: the District’s South Line, from Newbridge Road, on the West, to Jerusalem Avenue on the East.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 6

- DUTCH LANE SCHOOL

On the East: Newbridge Road, from Elmira Street, to the District’s South Line.

On the South: The District’s South Line, from Newbridge Road, on the East, to the District’s West Line.

On the West: The District’s West Line, from the District’s South Line to Arrow Lane, as said Lane is projected West to the District’s West Line.

On the North: From Arrow Lane, as projected to the District’s West Line, East and along said Arrow Lane, to Levittown Parkway, then South along Levittown Parkway to Beech Lane, then East along Beech Lane to Blueberry Lane, then South along Blueberry Lane to Elmira Street, then East along Elmira Street to Newbridge Road.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO.

Old Country Road from its intersection with the Long Island Railroad, Westerly to Newbridge Road, then Southwest along Newbridge Road to Elmira Street, then West along Elmira Street to Blueberry Lane, then North along Blueberry Lane to Beech Lane, then West along Beech Lane to Levittown Parkway, then North along Levittown Parkway to Arrow Lane, then West along Arrow Lane, and as projected to the District’s West Line.

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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2019/2020 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2020 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2019/2020 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2019. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR

MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 1st day of April, 2019.

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On the East and North: Miller Road as projected to the District’s North Line, South along said Miller Road to Ronald Avenue, then East along Ronald Avenue to Woodbury Road, then Northeast along

On the South: the District’s South Line, from the Long Island Railroad, Southwesterly into Michigan Drive, then South along said District Line to the Hempstead Township Line, then Northwesterly along the District’s South Line

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On the North and Northeast: the Long Island Railroad from the District’s West Line to the intersection of the Railroad with Old Country Road.

On the South and East:

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Student leaders of women’s history

Bethpage High School was represented by 22 student leaders at an Altice Women’s History Month event on March 22.

Students of Bethpage High School had the opportunity to participate in a special Women’s History Month event, held at the nearby Altice Corporate Office on March 22.

Twenty-two student leaders attended this panel discussion that featured County Executive Laura Curran, District Attorney Madeline Singas,

Carol Silva of News 12 and Altice executives. The students spoke to the panelists about leadership, confidence and empowerment.

The district thanks Altice for bringing together this panel and for having the high school’s student leaders.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Bethpage High School students had the opportunity to speak with Carol Silva of News 12 during an Altice Women’s History Month event on March 22.

Levittown Council to host Earth Day cleanup

Trevor Ross (standing) assists Community Council President Pat Patane and Corresponding Secretary Mary Kay Ross with primping the garden at the East Village Green on Jerusalem Ave. in Levittown.

Along with early blooming daffodils and tulips comes an awareness of the debris and rubbish that collects over the winter months on local roads, fields and byways.

Each year, Levittown Community Council, in conjunction with the Town of Hempstead, hosts a cleanup event to bring together community residents, help to beautify the community and highlight the importance of maintaining our local environment. This year, the event will take place on Saturday, April 27 (rain date is Sunday, April 28) from 1 to 4 pm.

Areas in and around the boundaries of the Levittown and Island Trees school districts benefit from the work done that day. In the past, hundreds of pounds of all kinds of debris have been collected, all of which is picked up at the designated locations by the Town of Hempstead Department of Sanitation.

Adults and children of all ages are invited to volunteer for this event, with

children under the age of 14 requiring adult supervision.

Several public areas to be cleaned are designated by the Council’s board of directors based on need for attention and for the safety of volunteers. In addition, the Council maintains a small garden spot at the East Village Green Pool area that is cleaned and replanted every year as part of the Earth Day event.

Interested volunteers must sign in at 1 pm at Veterans Memorial Park at Hempstead Turnpike and Shelter Lane where areas to be cleaned will be assigned and equipment may be picked up. Borrowed equipment must be returned to the same location at 4 pm, when the event is over.

Those individuals needing verification of the hours they worked will be able to pick up their certificates at that same location.

For more information, please contact the Council at levittowncouncil@yahoo. com.

Kindergartners dance into spring with Teddy Bear Jamboree

Kindergartners at Summit Lane Elementary School in the Levittown Public Schools welcomed spring with open arms during their Teddy Bear Jamboree on March 22. Leading up to the event, the students learned about different types of bears, created bear projects and brought in their own stuffed animals which were placed in a “bear cave” (tent) for hibernation.

The jamboree was a celebration of all that the students had learned. The four kindergarten classes gathered in the school’s APR room wearing bear ears and

their Summit Lane t-shirts. Together with their teachers, the classes played games, danced, sang songs and engaged in other fun activities relating to their furry bear friends. At the end of the jamboree, each class went to the tent which held their stuffed animals. One by one, students received their stuffed animals to signify the end of hibernation and greeted their furry friends with “Happy Spring!” The students thoroughly enjoyed celebrating with their peers.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Summit Lane kindergartners showed off their dancing skills during “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.”

Kindergartner Sophia Mann went on a bear hunt.

Teacher Maureen McLaughlin (right) helped students get their stuffed animals out of hibernation.

Kindergarten students Derek Lara and Pamela Douglin prepared to color the different bears.

Summit Lane kindergartners with their furry friends.

Kindergartners Emma Cheung (left) and Ian Hand reunited with their bears.

Spy v Spy Has New Addresses in NYC: At SpyScape Find Your Place in World of Espionage

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

Are you Bond or Bourne? Once you leave SpyScape, you will learn there are many more roles to play in the complex and ever more ubiquitous world of intelligence. After going through eight “tests” and many stations which do their best to insert you into the realm of espionage and profile you to figure out what job you are best suited to, I would make a sorry spy. I knew from the start I wasn’t either Bond or Bourne. But I found a new calling.

I was expecting a museum even as museums have become more interactive and engaging and multimedia. But SpyScape, one of the newest attractions in New York City, is not a museum. It is an interactive experience more than anything else, designed to inform you, yes, about the world of espionage and surveillance which, it turns out, is ubiquitous today, but put you in the picture so that you see yourself in the complex enterprise that is intelligence.

SpyScape is modern, state of the art, interactive, pulse-pounding, engaging, immersive experience that lets you peek into the world of espionage, spycraft, intelligence and counterintelligence today from the inside.

You don’t just get taken on a journey through the history of

espionage from World War II and on, but become immersed in up-tothe-minute, ripped from the headlines events. Edward Snowdon. Wikileaks. Stuxnet. Black hat hackers. Anonymous. “You might be persuaded not to vote.”

Pandora has truly been let out of her box.

There is a feeling of intensity from the moment you arrive –intended to give you that sense of tension and excitement that must

be omnipresent in espionage, and visitors will enjoy as much as the adrenaline rush of skiing down a double-black trail.

But is there a place for me? I am risk adverse. I’m not a gamer. I don’t do puzzles. I’m frightened of going into small dark rooms when I don’t know what is there. I frighten easily.

As you arrive, you are given a bracelet that identifies you at scanning machines that basically track

your progress as you go about the exhibit, completing a series of tasks and quizzes, and at the end, are assessed as to what role you might play in the spy apparatus. It turns out there are many, many different functions.

Your entrée into the world of spycraft is the largest passenger elevator in New York City, escort-

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ed by a very professional person with a clipboard – it turns out that the ride up is also a multi-media orientation (think “Mission Impossible”).

Your mission: What kind of spy will you be? Or put another way: Where do you fit in the pantheon that is the world of espionage.

The experience is constructed as if a job interview, to immerse you and personalize what would otherwise be technical machines and bios. But it turns out that not all spies work for governments – corporations engage in some of the same techniques, so do journalists, and so do hackers and criminals.And it turns out that the profile you wind up with at the end of all the tasks and quizzes is authentic and serious – not tongue-in-cheek or hokey like a fortune cookie. I can see some young people seeing new career paths in intelligence (most of the CIA are analysts, not cloakand-dagger operatives) or even outside, since, as is noted, the skills of a spy are broadly applicable.

The layout (SpyScape takes up a massive amount of space) is purposefully cold, grey, institutional, with constant pulsing sounds – sometimes electronic music, sometimes sound effects, sometimes narration.

I am quite unprepared for the experience, expecting a more conventional exhibit, so was put off stride when all of a sudden confronted with quizzes and tasks. It would have been completely different if I were primed and in a game mode.

One of the tasks I find more engaging

(once I got the hang of it), is in the room about coding/decoding, the German’s Enigma machine and the Bombe that British mathematician Alan Turing and colleagues at Benchley developed to break the Enigma code. Here the task is to organize a spy’s escape, but you only have 3 minutes before the Germans will cut off communication to her, and you have to convert a message to code and then decode the response. I do this for the “Limping Lady”, who turns out to be a real person (I later realize she is the spy Virginia Hall) and this is a real scenario.

You get personal insights into Alan Turing, the British mathematician who developed a program to break the German “Enigma” machine code. (A fascinating artifact is a copy of Turing’s notes, as a teenager, summarizing Einstein’s Theory of Relativity as a gift for his mother). There is also a brief bio of Joan Clark, one of the Enigma codebreakers who rose to become Deputy Head of the Hut Eight. You get to type code on a replica Enigma machine.

After one “test” in which I failed to figure out patterns, I am given these words of encouragement: “You didn’t do too well today, but you are obviously better in other things.”

Another that is sure to delight is a room of laser beams where the timed task is to shut off lights without piercing the beams – very Oceans 11. (This task gauges your agility.)

All through, the exhibits personalize the serious issue being raised – the history, technology, impact on society - with real people, real events and real artifacts. This is serious business after all

with real life and death consequences. Double agents have been exposed and executed; moles have exposed agents who were executed. Wars declared or averted, extended or curtailed, won or lost.

As you weave through, taking your own quizzes and tasks, the exhibits tell stories about real spies, double agents, like Robert Hansen and how he was discovered. Hansen’s treachery led to the unmasking of three soviets who spied for the US, two of whom were executed. – how he was discovered and trapped. Would you have detected Hansen’s deceit?

I had all sorts of trepidation about going into a small dark room which turned out to be the test of how well I could detect Deception (I think I did well at that one, probably by accident).

“Gadgets of defiance” describes the devices that British and American operatives used to carry out perilous missions in Nazi-occupied Europe – forged documents to support their cover identifies; one-time encryption pads and miniature radios to communicate with handlers. They supplied downed Allied pilots with escape maps and compasses and targeted the enemy with weapons and explosives.

I learn about Virginia Hall, an American special operations officer who, as a girl, had dreamed of joining the US foreign service and became fluent in foreign languages, but after she lost part of her left leg in an accident, her dream was cut off as well. When Hitler invaded Paris in 1940, Hall was working for a French ambulance service. She made her way to Britain

and joined British special operations. Her cover was as a journalist for the New York Post in occupied France, and the Germans nicknamed Artemis; the Gestapo considered her “the most dangerous of all Allied spies”. Virginia Hall was the “Limping Lady” of the code scenario.

I learn about Oleg Penkovsky, known as “HERO” who was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel who was responsible for informing the United Kingdom about Soviet installing missiles in Cuba. The information he provided helped Kennedy through the Cuban Missile Crisis because he realized that a naval blockade could force the Soviet Union to stand down. Penkovsky, the highest ranking Soviet official to provide intelligence for the UK up until that time, is credited with altering the course of the Cold War. He was executed six months after being arrested.

I learn about the British couple, Ruari and Janet Chisholm, who were his handlers in Moscow. Ruari was Moscow Station Chief for M16, the British secret intelligence service. Janet collected much of Pankovsky’s intelligence. During one “brush contact” he walked casually over to her in a park and offered her children a tin of Vitamin C pills. Janet quickly swapped the tin which contained military secrets for another identical one hidden in her baby stroller. The thought of exposing children like that was chilling. (There’s a photo of Janet with her children on a park bench.)

We meet the real life “Q” gadget wizard, Charles Fraser Smith, who was

Ian Fleming’s inspiration for the character he used in James Bond. The new multi-sensory James Bond experience explores the creative process behind the 007 movies while revealing the secrets of James Bond’s iconic Aston Martin DB5. You get to peek at gadgets in Q’s lab, examine original concept art in Oscar®-winning Production Designer Sir Ken Adam’s studio and look behind the scenes of  Skyfall’s explosive finale.

At another section, you go through a dark curtain and find yourself in this dark round room, illuminated only by giant screens, that give you some sense of the state of surveillance (it is all around). This area showcases whistleblower Edward Snowden who exposed the NSA’s surveillance programs and the reporters who have unmasked government secrets – Laura Poitras  and Glenn Greenwald, the journalists who exposed modern day slavery (with old school pad and pen, videocamera and computer the weap-

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ons of choice).

This is where you see the message blazing out of a giant screen: “You might be persuaded not to vote.” This is the brave new world of intelligence –not extracting secrets, but in distorting and implanting messages to shape, disrupt or derail society.

One of the last stations is actually the most chilling: Hacktivism discusses hacking, hackers – by anarchists, profiteers as well as nation states. Stuxnet, which was used to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program (a centrifuge is on view).

After Iran realized what had been done, it called for the hackers to join in an army.

We learn that Stuxnet is now open source, sold on the black market, and could be used by any number of actors to shut down electric grids, water systems or air traffic control or remotely give instructions to launch a nuclear

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Celebrating Mother’s Day in a very special way!

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

Mother’s Day is on May 12th this year and we take this day to thank our mothers and recognize all that they do.

I found a photograph recently, one I took of my mother, my two aunts, a nun and the nun’s sister at a high school luncheon at the Marriott Marquis in Manhattan a few years ago.

The five women are standing at a round table with a white tablecloth and flowers in the hotel’s main banquet room. I had driven my mother to the city that Saturday for their special event which was a fundraiser for their Catholic high school in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and I remembered to bring my camera.

After snapping the picture I put my camera away then got chatting with my aunts and family friends. At one point the nun whispered to me that she didn’t remember my mom as very daring or full of mischief during their high school days.

Surprised, I replied, “You must be kidding. My mom is one of the ‘fun-est’ people I know.”

Months later it dawned on me. Maybe my mom was reserved in high school. She was just 14 years old when her father died at the age of 46 in Brooklyn. A stockbroker on Wall Street, he had his own business and had offices on Broad Street and in downtown Brooklyn.

He did well and for several years prosperity reigned in their home. Then overnight, with his relatively early death, with four children altogether in the home and a young widow, everything changed.

As a child I had heard bits and pieces

of my mom’s childhood – and my dad’s, too. As a young adult I started writing down many of the stories I heard. I was interested in my family history.

Years later my brothers and sisters and I put many of the pieces together. We typed up a family tree, asked lots of questions of our cousins and other relatives, and compared notes to make it as complete as we could.

I only saw my mom cry twice in my life. The first time was when one of my brothers had life-threatening surgery in Manhattan. I was eight, old enough to understand the seriousness of the situation. Things were touch and go for days but in a year’s time he recovered.

The second time was several years later when my mom’s mother passed away.

Hearing the news from her brother, my uncle, broke my mom’s heart.

At the funeral Mass and at the gravesite I glanced over at my mom in her black dress and coat and saw her standing ramrod straight. I knew what she was thinking and feeling, however, because I knew my Grandma and many of her life’s events. I also was familiar with so many of the family stories that my mom had shared about her growing up years.

over spilled milk, she got on with life. And there was much living to do.

Looking back, most of the time I think of the fun childhood times. My mom liked to sew and every so often she would pull out her Singer sewing machine with a very determined look on her face. In time I knew what that look meant.

One day she decided to make some matching dresses for the three of us girls. I was six, Michelle was nine and Susan was three. We stood still while she took some measurements then determinedly went to work running that sewing machine, making it hum.

After they were completed we had to pose for the camera and that picture of us in those matching plaid dresses - which were really jumpers - lives in infamy in my family. Years later we would pull out that photo and tease my mom about dressing us all alike. We weren’t twins and we weren’t triplets but we were dressed exactly alike.

If my next door neighbor and best friend, Nicole, wanted to stay overnight my mom was good about finding room for her “seventh child” and setting another plate at the table.

Each person seems to have their strengths and talents and my mom’s forte in the kitchen was cooking roasts. Sundays at the Lynch home were roast days.

After going to Mass we would head home then my mom would very carefully put a leg of lamb, a loin of pork, a whole, 18-lb. turkey, a whole chicken or a brisket of beef in a roasting pan, cover it then place it in the oven.

With each passing hour our house would smell more and more delicious. After three or four hours my mom would pull out the roasted meat then start working on the gravy.

It always had to be thickened so mom would add a little salt and pepper, onion seasoning or whatever was called for. She would stir it around in the pan over the stovetop on a medium flame until it was just right.

Sometimes, even on Mother’s Day, my mom would cook a roast for the family that always hit the spot.

Other than those emotional moments that I saw, my mom was cut from the “stiff upper lip” cloth. She didn’t cry

We had a full house with eight of us living in our split level home in Rockville Centre but mom was a good sport about having any friends stay overnight whenever they were passing through. She would just ask for a little advance notice and our friends were welcomed and fed a good, hearty dinner.

When I was 16 and got my learner’s permit, mom was the person I asked to take me out driving because she was the fun one. Going to an empty parking lot, she would let me get behind the wheel and practice shifting, driving, reversing, etc. Whenever I happened to hit a curb as I reversed or not parallel park exactly right she would chuckle at my foibles because she, too, had made mistakes.

BY TOM MARGENAU

YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY

Colleagues Praise Me and Berate Me

There are about 60,000 Social Security Administration employees around the country. More than a few of them read my column. And I’ve learned over the years that they have differing opinions of the job I do. Today, I will share a couple of recent emails, voicing opposite reactions to my column.

Q: I am a field rep for SSA. I want to tell you what a fantastic job you do. I have saved your columns over the years, and I frequently refer to them as a supplement to POMS and our other training materials. Keep up the good work!

A: Thanks so much for your kind words. There are two things you mentioned that I need to explain to my readers. The first is your reference to “POMS.” That stands for Program Operations Manual System. It is essentially the bible for SSA employees that spells out how every single Social Security rule and regulation should be administered and implemented.

It’s called a “manual system” because back in my day (I worked with the SSA from 1973 until 2005), those guidelines were printed on paper and stored in 3-ring binders. Each of us claims technicians had about 20 such binders in a bookshelf behind our desks. And we would spend an hour almost every morning before the office doors opened reading and then filing updates to our POMS manuals.

Gosh, that all seems so archaic. Today, of course, everything is digitized and online. In fact, anyone can access POMS. Go to www.socialsecurity.gov and near the top of the home page, open up the “Menu” icon and then scroll down near the bottom of the page that pops up and click on “Program Rules.” You will find POMS under “Employee Operating Instructions.”

The other thing I want to talk about is your job title. How does it feel to be one of a dying breed? Let me explain to my readers what I mean. Before the internet, and even before SSA had a national 800 number, the agency prided itself on its one-to-one personal service. Not only were there Social Security offices in almost every decent-sized town in the country, but also we took that service on the road. And the employees who did that were called “field representatives.”

Some of my fondest memories of my early career with SSA came from working as a field rep. For example, while working out of the Everett, Washington, Social Security office, I would take a ferry each week to an island in Puget Sound and set up shop for a day at the local senior citizens center. And then, a couple days later, I would drive up to a small mountain town in the Cascades and become “Mr. Social Security” to the local residents.

The advent of online services and nationwide calling centers greatly diminished the need for SSA to send representatives to these remote outposts. So “field reps” are the dinosaurs of SSA. But it’s good to know that at least one of you is still around. And again, thanks for the kind words. Now pay attention to what another SSA rep has to say about me.

Q: I work in a local Social Security office in Texas and I have a couple bones to pick with you. First of all, stop referring to us as “clerks.” We are not clerks. That is a demeaning term. We are claims representatives and service representatives. Second, please stop bashing us. Why do you always believe people when they say they get misinformation from us? I will bet that most of the time people get good service and correct answers from SSA representatives. It’s just that the laws are so complicated, they have a hard time understanding what we are telling them.

A: When I use the term “clerk,” I certainly don’t mean it in any kind of derogatory way. I think of it as a generic term for someone who works in a place of business. And it’s a word most of my readers understand, as opposed to referring to claims representatives and service representatives or any of the other job titles one might find working in a Social Security office. Sometimes I say clerk; sometimes I say agent; sometimes I say representative. They are terms for an office worker that I use interchangeably.

And I do not necessarily always believe readers when they tell me they got misinformation from an SSA representative. At least not at first. But usually after exchanging an email or two, I can tell when they have gotten incorrect information. And when they do, I will say so in my column. If I’m not sure, I will frequently begin an answer saying something like this: “Either you misunderstood what the SSA rep was trying to tell you, or you did get misinformation.”

Believe me, as a proud SSA retiree, someone who spent 32 years helping tens of thousands of people get the benefits they deserve, it pains me to hear so many reports of misinformation. In fact, I used to be very defensive about this. In the early days of writing this column, I just found it hard to believe that people could be led astray by SSA representatives.

But if you could see all the emails I get from people who are taking issue with something they were told by SSA clerks (there I go again using that term), you would be amazed -- or saddened.

Having said that, I will make this point. About a year ago, following a whole spate of emails I was getting from people complaining about being misinformed by SSA personnel, I conducted

a survey of my readers. Here is what I learned. SSA employees do absolutely outstanding work when it comes to routine matters. And the good news is that most people have rather routine interactions with the agency. Things like filing a simple retirement claim or getting a replacement Social Security or Medicare card are handled with incredible efficiency.

But when things get a little complicated, then sadly, SSA agents start to fall down on the job. And the classic example of that is in the implemen-

tation of Social Security “maximizing strategies.” It appears as though SSA has really dropped the ball when it comes to training its employees on these procedures. Every single week, I get emails from retirees who (and I’ve been able to verify this) were misinformed about how the so-called “file and restrict” strategies work.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.

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Birthdays were always special events when I was a kid. My mom would bake luscious layer cakes and then, no matter what age we were, she would place as many candles on top as possible.

The only exception, I’m told, is when the child was one year old when she would rather ceremoniously place one pink or blue candle right smack in the middle of the birthday cake then stand back to take it all in.

Those of us who were older than one, however, took deep breaths and blew and blew to blow all of those birthday candles out. I remember my dad facetiously offering to call the Fire Department because we might, after all, need some help.

My mom liked to celebrate our sum-

mer birthdays in a unique and special way. Four of us were summer babies including Susan, my dad, one brother and me. We were treated to sparklers outside and my mom in particular got such a kick out of it.

Mom would wait for the sun to almost set then we would all go outside. Whether we were at home or somewhere on vacation, out we would go and, careful to stay away from trees, power lines, houses and cars, she and my dad would light some sparklers for us kids and the sparkler show would begin.

Whether it was my birthday that day or another relative’s, I remember looking up at the nighttime sky, with the sun setting slowly in the distance, and thinking how magical it all seemed. Whenever it was my birthday it helped

What Some Celebrities Say About Motherhood – And About Their Moms

Jennifer Lopez - “When I had my children and I felt that type of love, which I know you understand and every mom out there understands, it made me understand that there was a purity to love. That there is an unconditional love.”

Heidi Klum - “I’m not someone who lives like, ‘Okay, this is a museum and you can’t sit here and you can’t touch this and everything has to be put in its place – the kids live here as much as we do. You come into our house and a giant elephant and lion are welcoming you. We have toys and things everywhere.”

Leonardo DiCaprio - “I wouldn’t be doing any of this if it weren’t for her, both my parents. She supported this little kid who said, “I want to be an actor,” at 12 years old, which is ridiculous, and she drove me to all these auditions ... She’s the only reason I’m able to do what I do.”

Viola Davis - “I tell my daughter every morning, ‘Now, what are the two most important parts of you?’ And she says, ‘My head and my heart.’ Because that’s what I’ve learned in the foxhole: What gets you through life is strength of character and strength of spirit and love.”

Maria Shriver - “Having kids – the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings – is the biggest job anyone can embark on. As with any risk, you have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of wonderful people for their help and guidance. I thank God every day for giving me the opportunity to parent.”

Ryan Gosling - “I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister... They taught me to respect women in a way where I’ve always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.”

Thandie Newton - “I’ve learned the value of absorbing the moment. I remember the first time Ripley saw her shadow. My God, it was like shadows had just been invented. It was the most exquisite moment.”

Kate Hudson - “Parenting shifts as your kids shift. The best thing for me has been throwing any kind of parenting manual out of the window.”

make the day oh, so special.

Even when we kids became adults my mom maintained the sparkler tradition whenever possible. At one pointed I asked her why and looking me right in my eyes and with a twinkle in her eyes, she rather simply said, “Life is one big celebration! Enjoy it.”

I wish a very Happy Mother’s Day to all!

Claire M. Lynch has published four ebooks on Amazon and Kindle so far. Her latest ebook is “Weird and Wacky Camping Quotes.”

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attack. And no one knows who has it.

And now, I am really to go into my “debrief – encryption, deception, surveillance, special ops, brainpower (7/18), which comes up with my spy role: Agent Handler (I suspect they give that one to all those who don’t measure up as real spies).

But it isn’t done flippantly or tonguein-cheek. The authentic personal spy profile is based on psychologists and a former Head of Training at British Intelligence, and sounds pretty authentic (as were the short tests for which I was totally unprepared):

“Your Spy Profile is your unique (and ever evolving) combination of attributes. When compared to others, it allows us to determine the Spy Role you are best suited to.”

My profile – “empathetic, inquisitive, composed” - turns out to be fairly accurate and also serious, developed with real psychologists.

Later in the day, I am sent a comprehensive profile to my email and a Welcome letter. “Your Spy Skills can be valuable in everyday life. We’ve evaluated your Core Attributes and Spy Skills to determine your Spy Profile. Top psychologists and spymasters helped us build our Spy Profile system.

The missive gives me more detail about my role as Agent Handler: A manager of agents who provide secret intelligence or operational support, and an insider view from General David Petreus.

In the real life example, I am given the bio of the agent handler for my new spy hero, Oleg Penkovsky (his code name was Hero) and the background that I found so compelling in the exhibit, about his handler, Ruari Chisholm, and an example of a typical operation, procuring cover material for an agent in the Iranian government who wants to provide info on Iran’s potential to develop nuclear weapons.

(This makes me think of important omissions in SpyScape: Valerie Plame, the CIA undercover agent who was infiltrating the Iran nuclear program until Plame’s identity as covert officer of the CIA working in counter proliferation was leaked to the press by members of George W Bush administration and subsequently made public, destroying her career, as retribution for her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson’s reveal about the false information that led to the US invasion of Iraq; she also had knowledge to disprove Bush’s con-

tention that the aluminum tubes that Iraq had could be used as centrifuges for nuclear material. Another omission is how Andrew McCabe, the foremost counter-intelligence expert on Russia, was drummed out of the FBI by Trump to short-circuit the investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign and the 2016 election).. A future exhibit might show more of the Russian intelligence role in the 2016 election misinformation campaign.

SpyScape will excite and thrill as it informs and intrigues. It helps to be prepared in advance for what you will encounter – I think I would have done considerably better and had better attitude.

And like skiing, it is an experience that adults and older children will relish doing together.

There is a continuing relationship – they send you the profile, and follow up with articles, stories, spy challenges, sharing news about factual and fictional worlds of spying and hacking “and helping you develop your own spy skills. We will be adding content from top hackers and spies to SpyScape.com/academy so check in regularly to see what’s new.”

I think I’m being groomed. I’m definitely intrigued.

From SpyScape, I walk down to the KGB Museum in Chelsea. It is an

interesting Spy v Spy counterpoint that enhances the experience of each one separately.

Visiting:  SPYSCAPE is optimized for adults and teens, but children are welcome. Bringing pre-school-age kids is not recommended. You need about two hours. There is a pleasant café and the gift shop is loaded with spy-related merch. Open Monday-Friday, 10 am-9 pm and Saturday-Sunday, 9am-9 pm, last entry at 7:30 pm. (Adult, $39; child 3-12 $32).

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Outdoor improvements that boost home value

Whether home improvement projects are design to improve the interior or exterior of a house, focusing on renovations that make the most financial sense can benefit homeowners in the long run. The right renovations can be assets if and when homeowners decide to sell their homes.

So how does one get started? First and foremost, speak to a local real estate agent who is knowledgeable about trends in the community. While a swimming pool may be something coveted in one area, it may impede sales in another. It also helps to study generalized trends and data from various home improvement industry analysts to guide upcoming projects.

The following outdoor projects are just a few renovations that tend to add value.

• Fire pit: A fire pit is a great place to gather most months of the year. Bob Vila and CBS news report that a fire pit realizes a 78 percent return on investment, or ROI.

• Outdoor kitchen: Many buyers are looking to utilize their yards as an extension of interior living areas. Cooking, dining and even watching TV outdoors is increasingly popular. Outdoor living areas can be custom designed and built. In addition, prefabricated modular units that require a much smaller commitment of time and money are available.

• Patio: Homeowners who do not already have a patio will find that adding one can increase a home’s value. Patios help a home look neat, add useable space and may help a home to sell quickly. The experts at Space Wise, a division of Extra Space Storage, say that refinishing, repairing and building a new patio offers strong ROI.

• Deck: Deck can be as valuable as patios. A deck is another outdoor space that can be used for entertaining, dining and more. Remodeling magazine’s 2018 “Cost vs. Value” report indicates that an $11,000 deck can add about $9,000 in resale value to the home, recouping around 82 percent of the project’s costs.

• Door update: Improve curb appeal with a new, high-end front door and garage doors. If that’s too expensive, a good cleaning and new coat of paint can make an old door look brand new. These easy fixes can improve a home’s look instantly.

• New landscaping: The National Association of Realtors says an outdoor makeover that includes well-thought out landscaping can net 105 percent ROI. Installing a walkway, adding stone planters, mulching, and planting shrubs are ideas to consider. Many different outdoor projects can add value to a home.

6 options for funding your next home improvement project

Before starting a home improvement project, either on one’s own or with the assistance of a professional contractor, homeowners must first consider the costs involved. According to the home improvement resource HomeAdvisor, more than one-third of homeowners do not understand what hiring a professional will cost, and then cannot successfully budget and secure financing once they have set their sights on a renovation project.

HomeAdvisor says that some of the more popular projects, such as remodeling a kitchen or bathroom or building a deck, can cost, on average, $19,920, $9,274 and $6,919, respectively.

Homeowners may find that the more expensive renovations require them to secure some type of financing. Those who have never before sought such financing may want to consider these options.

1. Cash-out refinancing: With cash-out refinancing, a person will begin the mortgage process anew with the intention of paying off the current mortgage balance, and then taking out additional funds for other purposes. Cash-out refinancing is a way to tap into a home’s existing equity for use on improvements or other expenses, such as college tuition.

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2. Home equity line of credit: The financial experts at Bankrate indicate that a HELOC works like a credit card, with the house as collateral. There is a credit limit, and borrowers can spend up to that limit. The interest rate may or may not be fixed. However, the interest may be tax-deductible if the financing is used to improve, buy or build a home.

3. Home equity loan: Individuals also can borrow against equity in their homes with a fixed interest rate through a home equity loan. Most lenders will calculate 80 percent of the home value and subtract a homeowner’s mortgage balance to figure out how much can be borrowed, according to the financial advisory site The Simple Dollar.

4. Personal loan: Homeowners can shop around at various financial institutions for competitive personal loans to be used for home improvement purposes. Funds may be approved within one business day, which can be ideal for those who want to begin their improvements soon.

5. Personal line of credit: A personal line of credit allows borrowers to borrow only the money needed at the time, and offers a variable interest rate that is generally lower than fixed loan rates. Again, like a credit card, PLOC gives a

person a maximum borrowing amount and is ideal for ongoing purchases.

6. Credit cards: In a pinch, credit cards can be used to finance improvements, but they do come with the cost of very high interest rates if the balance is not paid in full by the time the bill comes due. However, for funding smaller projects and maximizing rewards points through home improvement retailers or specific credit card company promotions, credit cards can be a way to earn various perks in addition to the benefit of improving a home.

Homeowners looking to finance their next improvements should speak to a financial advisor and shop around for the best types of funding for them.

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BY PHILIP A. RAICES

What can you do to the exterior of your home to make it stand out?

BY PHILIP RAICES

Well, spring is finally here and some food for thought, the winter was the 10th least snowiest period, since weather record keeping began. The globe continued to bake in 2018, and still more warming is predicted in the decades to come. 2018 is expected to be the fourth-warmest year on record for the Earth, the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. Do you still believe there is no global warming?

So, let’s first talk about your lawn and here is what you should begin to do right now to create a lush, thick and green carpet:

1.) De-thatch your lawn to remove, dead grass, leaves, twigs and any debris that will hinder the growth of the tillers and rhizomes to allow the necessary nutrients to penetrate the soil surface

2.) If you haven’t done a winter fertilization in late November or early December of 2018, then use a rotary spreader and apply a thirty twoseven-five balanced organic fertilizer (thirty two percent nitrogen, seven percent phosphorous and five percent potash) @ four lbs. per thousand sq. ft, making patterns with a tiny bit of overlap, to make sure all lawn areas are covered sufficiently.

The reasons are that specific nutrients will assist and advance the production through photosynthesis producing chlorophyll, the greening of the grass plant, and the building and expansion of tillers (new shoots of grass above the soil level), to expand the grass plant as well as rhizomes, (below surface rooting spread by stems that stretch out from the crown of the plant.

New shoots develop from nodes on underground stems, called rhizomes, or on horizontally growing above ground stems, called stolons.

Also, you should test your soil acidity at the cooperative extension service of Nassau County and add, as needed, fifty lbs of pelletized lime per thousand sq. ft to raise the ph of your soil to between 6.5-7

3.) Cut and prune all dead branches on deciduous trees, and any winter kill (the browning of leaves on non-deciduous, plant material, e.g. Any shrub that keep their leaves all year long) to allow for immediate growth of new sprouts and healthy spring growth. Lastly, keep all shrubbery trimmed below all window sills, as this is the proper way to maintain your landscape. Many homeowners forget to perform this task over the years, out of lack of time, forgetfulness or laziness, but these tasks will always provide you more money when you are ready to sell and less expense, if you have to redo your landscape. For every dollar you spend on your landscape, you will reap a return of five dollars! I always, say jokingly, that, if you are going to cover your windows, why not just remove them and cement the space?

4.) Make sure you also, regularly edge and cultivate your flower beds and lawn areas around your home, to provide a real neat and tidy appearance, as buyers will always look at every little thing to determine what money they might have to spend after their purchase.

5.) Begin to clean or power wash your patios, barbecue grills, patio tables and chairs to give them a fresh spring look. Also, make sure you perform this task very carefully, on

your siding, bricks or stucco; but be very careful on your vinyl or aluminum siding, as to not damage any areas with excessive pressure. These chores will truly make your home have more curb appeal.

6.) Begin to think about some annuals, (once a year) perennials (comes up every year) and biennials (comes up every other year) to plant. Some suggestions are as follows:

a.) Annuals: Bright colored impatiens, pansies. Pocketbook plant, etc.

b.) Perennials: , daffodils, geraniums, black eyed Susans or any type of bulbs that initially need to be planted

c.) Biennials: sweet William dwarf, Canterbury bells, forget-menot (myosotis), foxglove and hollyhock as a few examples

d.) Shrubbery: colorful azaleas, rhododendrons, flowering cherry trees, dwarf Japanese maples, etc.

These examples are an assortment of possibilities to make your landscape pop and make a very positive impression for your valuable asset, your home. Obviously, you can hire a contractor to perform some or all of these important tasks and chores; but I would get at least three estimates and make sure they have insurance with a certificate of insurance with you as a person of interest or if corporate owned, as an additional insured, in the event of damage caused by your contractor.

Other minor things to check and repair, are as follows:

1.) Patching your asphalt driveway, when warmer temperatures permit

2.) If you have sidewalks, make sure there are no slabs that might

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3.) Clean all your windows on the outside after you have trimmed your shrubbery below your window sills.

4.) Clean out your garage and any things that are not hazardous, throw away. However, any chemicals should be discarded in the proper fashion (check online for the next (S.T.O.P. program-stop throwing out pollutants) for the days and times to be able to bring your chemicals, old computers etc or any other items that they will accept, instead of discarding them in your trash or down the drain to pollute our aquifers!) Also, inquire about any prescription drugs that may or may not be accepted at the sites in 2019.

As you can see, there are many, many things to be accomplished this spring. But if you don’t start, you’ll never finish, and it will possibly cost you more money when you are ready to sell!

Philp A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “free” updates of sold homes in your area and a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com or by cell: (516) 647-4289.

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SEEKING NUTRITIONALLY ORIENTED INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE FOR AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY. CALL 516-482-1432

CAREER TRAINING

AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866296-7094

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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MARKETPLACE

AUSTRIAN STEMWARE

Beautifully etched stemware from Austria. 12 each of three sizes

Cordial, wine / water, champagne

Please call 516-775-1879

CEMETERY PLOTS FOR SALE New Montefiore Cemetery, Pinelawn, NY, Section 5, Block 2, Row 3, Plots 5 & 6. $1300 each. Barbara 817-738-2485 email babsander@aol.com

INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN

Looking to sell items from your home?

Consider doing an Online Auction!

Online Auctions reach more interested buyers than tag sales and can often sell for more than what you would make at an estate or tag sale.

Invited Estate Sales by Tracy Jordan can do both! You can sell your items online reaching potential buyers locally or globally as well as hosting a private sale from your home! Let us guide you on what items to put in auction including furniture, housewares, decorative items, jewelry, collectibles, coins, artwork and anything else you may no longer want or need. Our services can help you to maximize your selling experience whether you are selling 1 item or 500 items. We are a one stop service for all your needs when you are moving or selling a property! Selling, donating, discarding and cleaning out services can be done to meet your time frame with minimal stress.

Estate and Tag Sales Online Auctions

Cleanout and Moving Services

Home Staging Services Appraisals

Contact for more info: info@invitedsales.com or Call:

516-279-6378 to schedule a consultation or receive more information. www.invitedsales.com

OFFICE FURNITURE

Beautiful Office Furniture

Perfect for an executive or lawyer. Jefferson Traditional Cherry Wood, includes Desk (3ftx6ft), Hutch & 2 Bookcases. Gently used for one year. Originally $10,000, offered at $4,000. Call 516-297-2335

CLASSIFIEDS Call 294.8900

MARKETPLACE

WANTED TO BUY

LOOKING TO BUY!

Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-3861104 or 917-775-3048

TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE

*BROWSE *SHOP

*CONSIGN

A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE

CONSIGNMENT SHOP

China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles

Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4

Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount.

All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900

email: store@atstewartexchange.org

www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

GARAGE SALE

GARDEN CITY GARAGE SALE

Saturday, April 6th 9:00am to 3:00pm 110 Chestnut St. One Day Only

Lots of furniture, sofa, love seats, kitchenware, dining table, patio table and chairs and more!

PETS

PET SERVICES

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL

LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242

PETS

PET SERVICES

DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE?

HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early!

Annmarie 516-775-4256

AUTOMOTIVE

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Call LUKE 516-VAN-CARS 516-297-2277

AUTOS WANTED

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

APARTMENT FOR RENT

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APARTMENT: Spacious, Bright 1 BR Apt $1585.00 + Electric. Gated Parking / Garage Available, Laundry Room, Air Conditioning, Balcony, Hardwood Floors, LIRR, NO BROKER FEE.

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OFFICE SPACE

OFFICE SPACE/ ART STUDIO

Easy Parking

$600 per month

Avital Gallery 7717 Middle Neck Rd 9C Great Neck, NY 11024 516-528-9765

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

OPEN HOUSE

AQUEBOGUE

Sat 4/06 1pm-3pm

31 Lovers Lane

Baywoods! Deeded Bay Beach & Deeded Boat Slip! Landscaped Cape for Privacy.

AUTO BUYERS! We visit you. Highest cash paid. Or donate, tax deduct+ cash. DMV#1303199. Please call Luke. 516-VAN-CARS or 516-297-2277

DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

4 BRs, 2 Baths, LR, Formal DR, Family Rm /Fireplace & EIK. IG Pool w/new deck around it. Full Basement & 2.5 Car Garage. $695,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

JAMESPORT Sunday 4/07

1:00pm-3:00pm 665 Manor Lane

Custom 2 Story on 4.85 Acres Morton Barn with 2 car garage, bath and unfinished 2nd floor. Great for car collectors, horses or artists. 4 BRs, 3 Baths, LR, EIK, DR, Great Room/fireplace, full basement, attached 2 car garage, CVAC, CAC, Generator. Beautifully landscaped with IG pool and farm views. $1,150,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE

RIVERHEAD

Waterview Custom Home on Cul De Sac 4 BRs, 3 Baths, LR, Family Rm /Gas Fireplace, Granite EIK w/ Island, Master BR Suite w/Jacuzzi Tub & Separate Shower. Full Basement, 2 Car Garage & Wrap Around Deck. Nicely Landscaped Shy of an Acre.

$685,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

SEBASTIAN FLORIDA (East Coast)

Beach Cove is an Age Restricted Community where friends are easily made. Sebastian is an “Old Florida” fishing village with a quaint atmosphere yet excellent medical facilities, shopping and restaurants. Direct flights from Newark to Vero Beach. New manufactured homes from $114,900. 772-581-0080; www. beach-cove.com

SERVICES

EARTHLINK HIGH SPEED

INTERNET as low as $14.95/ month (for the first 3 months). Reliable High Speed Fiber Optic Technology. Stream Videos, Music and More! Call Earthlink today 1-855-970-1623.

ATTORNEY

STEPHANIE A. D’ANGELO, ESQ. Elder Law, Wills & Trusts Asset Preservation, Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration/Litigation 901 Stewart Ave, Ste 230 Garden City, NY 11530 516-222-1122 www.dangelolawassociates.com

SERVICES

COMPUTERS

COMPUTER ISSUES? FREE DIAGNOSIS by GEEKS ON SITE! Virus removal, data recovery! 24/7 Emergency Service, in home repair/on line solutions. $20 off any service! 844-892-3990

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

AFFORDABLE NEW SIDING! Beautify you home! Save on monthly energy bills with beautiful NEW SIDING from 1800 Remodel! Up to 18 months no interest. Restrictions apply 855-773-1675

AMBIANCE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

*Handyman & Remodeling

*Kitchen Installations

*Furniture Assembly

*Finish Carpentry

*Minor Electrical & Plumbing 25year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154

AQUATEC LAWN SPRINKLERS SPRING TURN ONS Backflow Device Tests Free Estimates Installation Service/Repairs Joe Barbato 516-775-1199

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

EASY, ONE DAY updates! We specialize in safe bathing. Grab bars, no slip flooring & seated showers. Call for a free in home consultation: 888-657-9488

LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628

MASONRY

All types of stonework Pavers, Retaining Walls, Belgium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete and Asphalt driveways, Sidewalks, Steps. Free Estimates

Fully Licensed & Insured #H2219010000 Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886

SERVICES

HEALTH SERVICES

FAMILY CARE

CONNECTIONS, LLC

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Doctor of Nursing Practice

Advanced Practice Nurse Care Manager

Assistance with Aging at Home /Care Coordintion

Nursing Home & Assisted Living Placement

PRI / Screens / Mini Mental Status Exams

Medicaid Eligibility and Apllications

516-248-9323

www.drannmariedangelo.com 901 Stewart Ave, Ste 230 Garden City, NY 11530

PRIVATUS CARE

SOLUTIONS

Exceptional Care

Seasoned Nurses

Professional Home Health Aides

We cover all of Long Island and the Five Boroughs NYS Licensed Agency Providing the Care & Support You Expect! 516-491-5196

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING

Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock

Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish, Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal, Power Washing, Wood Replacement

JOHN MIGLIACCIO

Licensed & Insured #80422100000

Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office)

MICHELANGELO

PAINTING & WALLPAPER

Interior, Exterior, Plaster / Spackle, Light Carpentry, Decorative Moldings & Power Washing. Call: 516-328-7499

PARTY HELP

LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY

Your Next Party!

Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

SERVICES

TUTORING

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

PRIVATE TUTORING FOR GRADES K-6

Give your child a helping hand! Licensed NYC / NYS Dept of Education teacher available to tutor students grades K-6. Contact Audrey Sullivan, M.S.Ed 347-628-8872 (voice/text) seguenow@aol.com

CLEANING

CLEANING AVAILABLE EXPERIENCED POLISH HOUSE CLEANER

Good references, ability. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation. English speaking. Flexible days and hours. Reasonable rates. I will do a good job. Call or text 516-589-5640

CLEANING AVAILABLE

Houses and Apartments. Flexible days and hours. Experienced, reasonable prices. Very good references. Own transportation. Please call 516-272-5154

FIORELLA

CLEANING SERVICES

Homes, Apartments, Offices 10 years experience Trustworthy & Dependable Call: 516-451-6925 516-265-2020 Email: Fiorellahuaman94@gmail.com

HOUSE CLEANING

I clean your house and leave it spotless. Hard worker, experienced with excellent references and own transportation. Free Estimates Call: 516-943-7124

SERVICES

CLEANING

HOUSE CLEANING

Polish woman available for house cleaning. 20 yrs experience in household setting with great references. Hard working, reliable, dependable and trustworthy. English speaking. Please call or text Kate: 516-445-4699

RELIABLE CLEANING INC.

Local Garden City Cleaning Company for over 25 years. House, Apartment and Office Cleaning. We also specialize in Pressure Washing.

Call now to set up your Spring Cleaning.

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RINA’S CLEANING SERVICES

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Let us do the work for you! 17 years experience Trustworthy & dependable Free estimates Call Rina:

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WINDOW CLEANING

Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates

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Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-220-1851

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STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-5381125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SERVICES

A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE:

Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

SERVICES

DISH TV $59.99 for 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice Remote. Some restrictions apply. Call 1-800-943-0838

ELDER HOME CARE

Respect, Compassion, Empathy Experienced Caregivers offer Companionship, Bathing, Dressing, Meal Prep, Walks, Transportation for Errands, Shopping, Pet Care. Specializing in Parkison’s, Dementia & Alzheimer’s. 516-405-5910 www.nyaide.com

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed / insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

Supermarket Bingo – Fri., April 12th

It’s time for our next Supermarket Bingo on Friday, April 12th. Doors open at 6 PM. Bingo played from 7 PM – 9 PM at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway in Hicksville. All proceeds benefit Last Hope Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation programs. Admission is $15 in advance with limited seating. Checks MUST be received by April 7th. Make your check payable to Last Hope and mail to Last Hope Inc. Attn; Bingo; PO Box 7025, Wantagh, NY 11793. For more information call Linda DiPaola – 516-455-5370.

Responsibilities:

• A drive to succeed

The Blank Slate Media-Litmor Publications Advertising Group, a fast-growing group of 11 award-winning weekly newspapers and two websites, is seeking a self-starter to sell classified, display, web and email advertising as well as event and contest sponsorship.

• Contact existing and potential customers about advertising in our 11 newspapers and on our website as well as sponsoring company events

• Document and update customer records based on interactions

• Develop and maintain a knowledge of the evolving products and services Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• A passion for customer service

• Good computer skills and be internet savvy

• 2 years of outside sales experience. Previous media sales experience a plus

• Minimum of two years college

• A

• Contact management system

• Advertising agency

To apply, email a resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com. Or call Steven Blank from Mon. to Fri. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 516.307.1045 ext. 201

Temple Chaverim appoints new senior rabbi

"Temple Chaverim is very excited to announce the appointment of Rabbi Elizabeth Zeller, as of July 1, 2019, as our new senior Rabbi. The experience, energy and passion she brings will be transformative for our congregation. My fellow board members, clergy, and I know the future of Temple Chaverim is bright and we welcome Rabbi Zeller with open arms." Russell Willens, President of Temple Chaverim announced at the Congregational meeting in February, 2019.

Rabbi Zeller responded that “I am thrilled and honored to be joining Temple Chaverim as their next Senior Rabbi. I am excited to begin our work together towards refreshing our engagement, our outreach and continuing to build a Kehila Kedosha - a sacred community of Jews and of friends. Together we will create engaging programs for our children and explore meaningful

Judaism for all of us”

Rabbi Elizabeth Zeller, originally from West Lafayette, Indiana is a graduate of Hebrew Union CollegeJewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati, where she was ordained in 2009. She also holds a Masters in Hebrew Letters from HUC and a B.A. in Jewish studies and political science from Indiana University. Most recently, Rabbi Zeller has been the national director of learning and innovation for NFTY, the Reform Youth Movement where she worked with teens and staff from across the country to develop and implement programs to increase involvement by teens. Her prior congregational experience includes Temple Beth El (Tacoma, WA) and as the associate rabbi educator at The Reform Temple of Forest Hills (Queens, NY) where she developed and expanded youth programs, young family engagement, and outreach.

Rabbi Zeller is a product of the Reform youth movement, having spent over a decade at URJ Goldman Union Camp Institute (GUCI), as a camper and staff, and then serving as faculty at URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps. She is a past-president of the Women's Rabbinic Network, serving all female Reform Rabbis worldwide and the past-president of FAITH IN NEW YORK, an interfaith community organizing affiliate of PICO, serving the needs of the greater New York area through grassroots faith-based community organizing. She is currently in the inaugural cohort of the GenerationNow Fellowship, through the Jewish Education Project, which trains high-level teen leaders on how to successfully work to change the landscape of teen engagement.

For further information, please call Eileen Schneyman 516-367-6100 or email eileen@templechaverim.org.

Rabbi Elizabeth Zeller

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that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the Hicksville Public Library, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, will be held in the Hicksville Public Library Computer Resource Center at 101 Jerusalem Ave, Hicksville, New York on Wednesday, May 8 2019 at 7:00PM prevailing time, for the presentation of the budget document. Copies of the estimated expenses for the Hicksville Public Library for the year 2019-20, and any other propositions to be voted upon, are available for inspection during business hours by any district resident at the Hicksville Public Library, Burns Avenue School, Dutch Lane School, East Street School, Fork Lane School, Lee Avenue School, Old Country Road School, Woodland School, Hicksville Middle School and Hicksville High School daily except Saturday and Sunday on and after April 22, 2019. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Hicksville Public Library of Hicksville Union Free School District, Hicksville, New York, adopted July 16, 2008, the Special District Election of the qualified voters of this School District for the Hicksville Public Library Election and Vote will be held on May 21, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM, prevailing time, in the seven Election Districts, stated below, for the purpose of voting upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the expenditures of the Hicksville Public Library for the year 2019-2020 and to elect one (1) member of the Board of Trustees to fill the following vacancy: The term of Harry Loomis for a new term commencing July 1, 2019 and expiring on June 30, 2024.

PROPOSITION NO. 1

Shall the Library Budget for the school year 2019-2020 adopted by the Library Board be approved and a tax be levied on the taxable property of the District in the amount of $5,166,400, less sums received in the form of State and Federal Aid and from any other sources, all pursuant to the pertinent provisions of the Education Law?

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that nominating petitions for the office of member of the Board of Trustees of the Library must be filed with the Clerk of the School District at the Administration Office located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, Nassau County, New York, on regular business days, Monday through Friday, (holidays excepted), between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:30PM, prevailing time, but not later than Monday, April 22, 2019. Separate petitions shall be required to nominate a candidate. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, shall be signed by at least 28 qualified voters of the District (the same being at least 25 qualified voters of the District or two percent (2%) of the number of voters who voted in the previous library election, whichever is greater), shall state the residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate, and the specific vacancy on the Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. Forms for nominating petitions for Library Trustee may be obtained from the Clerk of the School District and at the Hicksville Public Library.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Personal Registration and Election Districts have been established in the School District, that no person shall be entitled to vote at the Special District Election whose name does not appear on the register of the School District, unless such person is registered under the provisions of Section 5-612 of the Election Law and that those qualified to register and vote shall do so in the School Election District in which they reside.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that copies of the estimated expenses for the Library for the year 2019-2020 may be obtained by any district resident at the Burns Avenue School, Dutch Lane School, East Street School, Fork Lane School, Lee Avenue School, Old Country Road School, Woodland School, Hicksville Middle School and Hicksville High School daily except Saturday and Sunday on and after Wednesday, April 22, 2019, between 9:00 AM and 3:00PM, and that copies of such estimated expenses and any other

LEGAL NOTICES

propositions to be voted upon are available for inspection by any district resident at the Hicksville Public Library daily except Saturday and Sunday on and after Wednesday, April 22, 2019, between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet for the purposes of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law at each of the seven (7) separate Election Districts on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, between the hours of 3:00PM and 8:00PM, prevailing time. Any person shall be entitled to have his name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he proves to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared. The Register so prepared pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the Administration Building, located at 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 16, 2019, between the hours of 8:30AM and 4:30PM, prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the Budget Vote and Election, except Sunday or holidays and between 9:00AM and 12 Noon on Saturday, May 18, 2019, and at the polling places on the day of the Budget Vote and Election. Residents who voted at an Annual or Special Meeting of the District within four years prior to the date of the current Special Meeting or who registered within that time need not register to be eligible to vote at the Special Meeting. Residents otherwise qualified to vote who are registered under the provision of Section 5-612 of the Election Law need not register to be eligible to vote at the Meeting.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that during the voting hours on May 21, 2019, the Board of Registration will meet at each of the seven (7) separate election Districts to receive registration for the ensuing year.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN THAT applications for absentee ballots may be applied

for at the office of the Clerk of the District. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk a minimum of 7 days before the election if ballot is to be mailed to voter and minimum of 1 day before the election if ballot is to be personally delivered to voter. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00PM, prevailing time, on, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available daily 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, weekdays on and after May 16, 2019 through May 21, 2019; and between 9:00AM and Noon on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

HICKSVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ELECTION DISTRICTS

The boundaries of the school election districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education are as follows:

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1

- BURNS AVENUE SCHOOL

On the East: Broadway, from the District’s North Line, to the intersection Jerusalem Avenue and Broadway, continuing South along Jerusalem Avenue to the intersection of Jerusalem Avenue and the Long Island Railroad.

On the South: The Long Island Railroad, from Jerusalem Avenue to the District’s West Line.

On the West: The District’s West Line from the Long Island Railroad to the District’s North Line.

On the North: The District’s North Line from the District’s West Line to Broadway.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 - EAST STREET SCHOOL

On the East and North: Miller Road as projected to the District’s North Line, South along said Miller Road to Ronald Avenue, then East along Ronald Avenue to Woodbury Road, then Northeast along Woodbury Road to Ardsley Gate, then Southeast through Ardsley Gate to Dartmouth Drive, then Southwest and South through Dartmouth Drive to its intersection with Haverford Road, then East to the intersection of Haverford Road and Berkshire Road, then East along Berkshire Road to its intersection with Columbia Road, then East along Columbia Road to the District’s East Line, then South along the District’s East Line to the Long Island Railroad.

On the South and Southwest:

Along the Long Island Railroad, from the District’s East Line southerly point, to the intersection of the Long Island Railroad and Jerusalem Avenue.

On the West: Broadway from Jerusalem Avenue to the District’s North Line.

On the North: the District’s North Line from Broadway to Miller Road, as projected to said line.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 - WOODLAND AVENUE SCHOOL

On the North: Northeast and East along the District’s North Line, from Miller Road, as projected to the District’s North Line, to the District’s East Line.

On the East: South along the District’s East Line, from the District’s North Line, to Columbia Road.

On the South and West: Columbia Road, from the District’s East Line, West to Berkshire Road, then West along Berkshire Road into Haverford Road, and continuing West on Haverford Road to Dartmouth Drive then North and Northeast along Dartmouth Drive to Ardsley Gate; then Northwest through Ardsley Gate to Woodbury Road, then Southwest along Woodbury Road to Ronald Avenue, then West along Ronald Avenue to Miller Road, then North along Miller Road and continuing thereon as it is projected, to the District’s North Line.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 4 - LEE AVENUE SCHOOL

On the East-Northeast: the Long Island Railroad, from its intersection with Old Country Road, to the Southerly point of the District’s East Line. On the South: the District’s South Line, from the Long Island Railroad, Southwesterly into Michigan Drive, then South along said District Line to the Hempstead Township Line, then Northwesterly along the District’s South Line to Jerusalem Avenue.

On the West and North: Along Jerusalem Avenue, from the District’s South Line, to Salem Gate, then West along Salem Gate to Salem Road, then North to Harkin Lane, then Northwest along Harkin Lane to Division, then North along Division Avenue to Glenbrook Road, then Northwest along Glenbrook Road to Newbridge Road, then Northwest along Newbridge Road to Old

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Country Road, then East along Old Country Road to the Long Island Railroad.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 5 - FORK LANE SCHOOL

On the East: Jerusalem Avenue from Salem Gate, to the District’s South Line.

On the North: Salem Gate, West from Jerusalem Avenue, to Salem Road, then North along Salem Road to Harkin Lane, then Northwest along Harkin Lane to Division Avenue, then Northwesterly along Division Avenue to Glenbrook Road then West along Glenbrook Road to Newbridge Road.

On the West: Newbridge Road, from Glenbrook Road on the North, to the District’s South Line.

On the South: the District’s South Line, from Newbridge Road, on the West, to Jerusalem Avenue on the East.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 6 - DUTCH LANE SCHOOL

On the East: Newbridge Road, from Elmira Street, to the District’s South Line.

On the South: The District’s South Line, from Newbridge Road, on the East, to the District’s West Line

On the West: The District’s West Line, from the District’s South Line to Arrow Lane, as said Lane is projected West to the District’s West Line.

On the North: From Arrow Lane, as projected to the District’s West Line, East and along said Arrow Lane, to Levittown Parkway, then South along Levittown Parkway to Beech Lane, then East along Beech Lane to Blueberry Lane, then South along Blueberry Lane to Elmira Street, then East along Elmira Street to Newbridge Road.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 7 - OLD COUNTRY ROAD SCHOOL

On the North and Northeast: the Long Island Railroad from the District’s West Line to the intersection of the Railroad with Old Country Road.

On the South and East: Old Country Road from its intersection with the Long Island Railroad, Westerly to Newbridge Road, then Southwest along Newbridge Road to Elmira Street, then West along Elmira Street to Blueberry Lane, then North along Blueberry Lane to Beech Lane, then West along Beech Lane to Levittown Parkway,

then North along Levittown Parkway to Arrow Lane, then West along Arrow Lane, and as projected to the District’s West Line.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Hicksville Public Library

Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, N.Y. John O’Brien District Clerk

MIT 5803

4X 04/05,26, 05/03,10

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

State of New York

Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST

Michael B. Mendonez, Jr. a/k/a Michael B. Mendonez, Gracia T. Mendonez a/k/a Grace T. Mendonez, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 3/1/17 and entered on 3/17/17, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on April 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM premises known as 11 Berry Hill Lane, Bethpage, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 49, BLOCK: 267, LOT: 7. Approximate amount of judgment is $410,614.09 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 005296/2014.

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832.

Nicole Forchelli, Referee

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP

53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on April 23, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 54 SOUTH 1ST STREET, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 46, BLOCK 5, LOTS 46-48. Approximate amount of judgment $407,811.10 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-003518.

Robert G. Litt, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK (MAY 21, 2019)

in said District on May 21, 2019, for the purpose of voting by the qualified voters of the District, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (D.S.T.) on the following separate matters:

1. The estimated expenditures (school budget) for the ensuing school year 2019-2020 and authorizing the levy and collection of necessary taxes thereof.

(Proposition 1)

2. Any other questions or propositions as to matters or expenditures or authority to levy taxes that may be presented for a vote under the Education Law.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that at the said vote and election to be conducted on May 21, 2019, three (3) members are to be elected to the Board of Education as follows:

ONE (1) member is to be elected for a full three (3) year term to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of John Lonardo, which term expires June 30, 2019.

ONE (1) member is to be elected for a full three (3) year term to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Christina Scelta which term expires June 30, 2019.

of the last incumbent, if any. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that each person entitled to vote must register. Registration dates, hours, and locations are as follows:

WEEKDAYS, until May 16, 2019, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (D.S.T.) when school is in session in the Office of the District Clerk, located in the Administration Building, Cherry and Stewart Avenues, Bethpage, New York.

SATURDAY, May 4, 2019, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (D.S.T.), in the Boardroom at the Administration Building, Cherry and Stewart Avenues, Bethpage, New York.

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court State of New York

FREEDOM MORTGAGE

CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST Richard Greig, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 21, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Budget Hearing of the qualified voters of the Bethpage Union Free School District, Nassau County, Bethpage, New York, will be held in the Little Theatre of Bethpage High School in said District, on May 7, 2019, at 8:00 p.m. prevailing time, for the purpose of discussing expenditures contained in the proposed budget for the ensuing school year 2019-2020. Copies of the budget document will be made available to District residents commencing April 30, 2019 upon request, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, in the office of the District Clerk located in the Superintendent’s Office of the Administration Building.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting, Budget Vote and Election of the Bethpage Union Free School District, County of Nassau, State of New York, qualified to vote at School Meetings in said District, will be held in the Main Gymnasium of the Bethpage Senior High School, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenues, Bethpage, New York

ONE (1) member is to be elected for a full three (3) year term to fill the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Marie Swierkowski which term expires June 30, 2019.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all nominating petitions of candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education, shall be filed with the Clerk of the District Not Later Than April 22, 2019 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (D.S.T.), whose office is located in the Office of the Superintendent of Schools at the Administration Building. A separate petition, duly signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the district, said number constituting 2% of the total number of voters who voted at the Annual Meeting of May 15, 2018, stating the residence of each signer, shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Petitions for school board members shall describe the specific vacancy on the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated; said description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name

The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance with section two thousand fourteen of the Education Law and all persons who shall have been previously duly registered for any annual or special meeting or election, who are qualified to vote and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four (4) calendar years prior to 2019 (i.e., 20152018). In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provision of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote.

All persons who registered at the Annual Meeting and Election held on May 15, 2018, will not be required to re-register for the purpose of voting on May 21, 2019. Persons whose names appear as eligible voters as of May 15, 2018 on the Voter Registration Books issued and maintained by the Nassau County Board of Elections, shall be eligible to vote at the Annual School District Meeting and Elections to be conducted on May 21, 2019. (Exception to the School District Registration requirement.)

Any qualified voter of the District who is in doubt as to whether she/he is registered to vote at the May 21, 2019 Annual Meeting Vote and Election should contact the District Clerk of the Bethpage Union Free School District. The Board of Registration will meet during the election held

in the District on May 21, 2019 at the place where the Annual Meeting and Election is held for the purpose of preparing a register for meetings and elections held subsequent to such Annual Meetings or Elections.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the register will be open for inspection by a qualified voter of the School District on May 16, 2019, up to and including the day of the election, May 21, 2019, Sunday excepted, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., with the exception of Saturday, May 18, 2019, when the hours will be from 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing school year 2019-2020 for school purposes (budget) and a statement of any expenditure and estimated tax levy for the ensuing year that may be required to fund the school budget appropriation at the above stated Annual Meeting shall be prepared and made available upon request to any district resident at the Office of the District Clerk, which is located in the Superintendent’s Office at the Administration Building, Cherry and Stewart Avenues, Bethpage, New York and the offices of the principals of all the schools in the District therein and at the Bethpage Public Library during the period of fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (D.S.T.), Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays excepted.

Administration Building

Bethpage High School

JFK Middle School

Central Boulevard School

Charles Campagne School

Kramer Lane School

Bethpage Public Library

These documents will also be available on the district’s website at: http://www.bethpagecommunity.com

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE pursuant to Real Property Tax Law Section 495, an exemption report detailing exemptions from real property taxation shall be available and appended to any tentative, preliminary or final budget.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that absentee ballots will be available for the election of School Board Members and the Budget Vote. Applications for absentee ballots are available in the Office of the District Clerk, which is located in the Superintendent’s Office at the Administration Building, Cherry and Stewart Avenues, Bethpage. To have an absentee ballot mailed to your home, a completed and signed application must be in the District Clerk’s Office no later than Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Application for an absentee ballot may be made in person from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on any school day and up until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2019. Applications can also be downloaded from the district’s website at: http://www.bethpagecommunity.com

The right to vote by absentee ballot will be subject to the approval of the Board of Registration.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk commencing with the issuance of the first absentee ballot and on each of the five days prior to the day of the election (except Sunday), between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays, and on Saturday, May 18, 2019 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The list will also be available at the polling place on May 21, 2019. Absentee ballots will be accepted in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 21, 2019. Any ballot received after that time will not be counted.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any propositions or questions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 44 qualified voters of the District and filed in the office of the District Clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting, except for petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting. Petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting must be submitted sixty (60) days in

advance of the annual meeting. Any proposition may be rejected by the Trustees or Board of Education if the purpose of the proposition is not within the power of the voters, or where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, if the proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING:

1. A person shall be a citizen of the United States.

2. Eighteen or more years of age.

3. A resident of the District for a period of thirty days or more next preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote.

4. Must be registered to vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote on all propositions and the election of candidates of the aforesaid Annual Meeting Vote and Elections on May 21, 2019 will be conducted by ballot on voting machines.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT ELENA BECKER District Clerk Administration Building Cherry and Stewart Avenues Bethpage, New York 11714

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau

U.S. BANK N.A., AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2013 SC4 TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff AGAINST

JAMES J. MCGLYNN, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 29, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on May 07, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 11 CRESTLINE AVENUE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster

Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 46, BLOCK 481, LOT 27. Approximate amount of judgment $466,653.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 14-011493.

E. DAVID WOYCIK, JR., ESQ., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

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INVITATION TO BID # 004-1920

Notice is hereby given that separate bids, submitted in sealed envelopes for BID # 004-1920 will be received and publicly read by the Board of Education, Bethpage Union Free School District, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York on May 7, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the Boardroom of the Administration Building, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York.

Nassau County Directors of School Facilities

Purchasing Consortium

Cooperative Bid for CUSTODIAL EQUIPMENT

PURCHASE, SERVICE & REPAIR

COOPERATIVE BID

Participating School Districts: Bethpage Union Free School District

Baldwin Union Free School District

Bellmore Union Free School District

Bellmore–Merrick Central High School District

Carle Place Union Free School District

East Meadow Union Free School District

East Rockaway Union Free School District

East Williston Union Free School District

Elmont Union Free School District

Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District

Freeport Union Free School District

Garden City Union Free School District

Glen Cove City School District

Great Neck Union Free School

District

Herricks Union Free School District

Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District

Hicksville Union Free School

District

Island Trees Union Free School

District

Jericho Union Free School

District

Lawrence Union Free School

District

Levittown Union Free School

District

Long Beach Central School

District

Lynbrook Union Free School

District

Malverne Union Free School

District

Manhasset Union Free School

District

Massapequa Union Free School

District

Merrick Union Free School

District

Mineola Union Free School

District

New Hyde Park Union Free School District

North Bellmore Union Free School District

North Merrick Union Free

School District

North Shore Central School

District

Oceanside Union Free School

District

Plainedge Union Free School

District

Plainview-Old Bethpage

Central School District

Port Washington Union Free

School District

Rockville Centre Union Free

School District

Roosevelt Union Free School

District

Seaford Union Free School

District

Syosset Central School District

Uniondale Union Free School

District

Valley Stream #30 Union Free School District

Valley Stream CHSD

Wantagh Union Free School

District

Westbury Union Free School

District

Sealed bids are to be addressed to the attention of Business Office - Bethpage Union Free School District, Administration Building, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York 11714. All bids must be delivered to the Business Office no later than 10 a.m. on the date of opening in sealed envelopes, bearing on the outside BID #004-1920, the

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name and address of the bidder and the title of the bid in the lower left-hand corner.

Bid specifications and all applicable terms and conditions may be obtained at the above address weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Business Office, located in the Central Administration Building at 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York. Contact the Bethpage Purchasing Office with any questions regarding this bid.

The Board of Education reserves the right to award all or a part of this bid or to reject all bids or any part of any bid and to make awards which are in the best interest of the school district and to waive any informality as to non-material errors or omissions in the submissions.

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INVITATION TO BID

# 012-1920

Notice is hereby given that separate bids, submitted in sealed envelopes for BID # 012-1920 will be received and publicly read by the Board of Education, Bethpage Union Free School District, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York on May 8, 2019 at 11 a.m. in the Boardroom of the Administration Building, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York.

Nassau County Directors of School Facilities Purchasing Consortium Cooperative Bid for CHAIN LINK FENCING COOPERATIVE BID

Participating School Districts: Bethpage Union Free School District

Baldwin Union Free School District

Bellmore Union Free School District

Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District

Carle Place Union Free School District

East Meadow Union Free School District

East Rockaway Union Free School District

East Williston Union Free School District

Elmont Union Free School District

Floral Park-Bellerose Union

Free School District

Freeport Union Free School

District

Garden City Union Free School

District

Glen Cove Union Free School

District

Great Neck Union Free School

District

Herricks Union Free School

District

Hewlett-Woodmere Union Free School District

Hicksville Union Free School District

Island Trees Union Free School District

Jericho Union Free School District

Lawrence Union Free School District

Levittown Union Free School District

Long Beach Central School District

Lynbrook Union Free School District

Malverne Union Free School District

Manhasset Union Free School District

Massapequa Union Free School District

Merrick Union Free School District

Mineola Union Free School District

New Hyde Park-Garden City

Park Union Free School District

North Bellmore Union Free School District

North Merrick Union Free School District

North Shore Central School District

Oceanside Union Free School District

Plainedge Union Free School District

Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District

Port Washington Union Free School District

Rockville Centre Union Free School District

Roosevelt Union Free School District

Seaford Union Free School District

Syosset Central School District

Uniondale Union Free School District

Valley Stream #30 Union Free School District

Valley Stream CHSD

Wantagh Union Free School District

Westbury Union Free School District

Sealed bids are to be addressed to the attention of Business

2019-20 Property Tax Report Card

280521: Bethpage Union Free School District School District Contact Person: Scott M. Harrington School District Telephone Number: 516-644-4030

Total Budgeted Amount, not Including Separate Propositions

A. Proposed Tax Levy to Support the Total Budgeted Amount 1

B. Tax Levy to Support Library Debt, if Applicable

C. Tax Levy for Non-Excludable Propositions, if Applicable

D. Total Tax Cap Reserve Amount Used to Reduce Current Year Levy, if Applicable

E. Total Proposed School Year Tax Levy (A+B+C-D)

F. Permissible Exclusions to the School Tax Levy Limit

G. School Tax Levy Limit, Excluding Levy for Permissible Exclusions 3

H. Total Proposed School Year Tax Levy, Excluding Levy to Support Library Debt and/or Permissible Exclusions (E-B-F+D)

I. Difference: (G-H); (negative value requires 60.0% voter approval) 2

1 Include any prior year reserve for excess tax levy, including interest.

2 Tax levy associated with educational or transportation services propositions are not eligible for exclusion under the School Tax Levy Limit and may affect voter approval requirements.

3 For 2019-20, includes any carryover from 2018-19 and excludes any tax levy for library debt or prior year reserve for excess tax levy, including interest.

Office - Bethpage Union Free School District, Administration Building, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York 11714.

All bids must be delivered to the Business Office no later than 10 a.m. on the date of opening in sealed envelopes, bearing on the outside BID # 012-1920, the name and address of the bidder and the title of the bid in the lower left-hand corner.

Bid specifications and all applicable terms and conditions may be obtained at the above address weekdays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the Business Office, located in the Administration Building at 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, New York. Contact the Bethpage Business Office with any questions regarding this bid.

The Board of Education reserves the right to award all or a part of this bid or to reject all bids or any part of any bid and to make awards which are in the best interest of the school district and to waive any informality as to non-material errors or omissions in the submissions.

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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL

THE ASSESSOR OF THE

COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2019/2020 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2020 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2019/2020 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2019. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of:

DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR

MINEOLA, NY 11501

where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 1st day of April, 2019.

DAVID

F. MOOG

Nassau County Assessor

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Mandatory Reserve for Debt Service

LEGAL NOTICES

Insurance Reserve for Uninsured Losses

Property Loss

Liability

Tax Certiorari

Reserve for Insurance Recoveries

EBALR -

Employee Benefit Accrued Liability

Reserve for Compensated Absences

sale of school district real property.

To cover debt service payments on outstanding obligations (bonds, BANS) after the sale of district capital assets or improvements.

To pay liability, casualty, and other types of uninsured losses.

To establish and maintain a program of reserves to cover property loss.

To establish and maintain a program of reserves to cover liability claims incurred.

To establish a reserve fund for tax certiorari settlements.

To account for unexpended proceeds of insurance recoveries at the fiscal year end.

446,355 0

For the payment of accrued ‘employee benefits’ due to employees upon termination of service. 2,616,597 2,625,597 No planned use

Hicksville senior named News 12 Scholar Athlete

News 12 Long Island Scholar Athlete and Hicksville senior Academic All-American lacrosse player Kerrin Heuser.

Congratulations to Hicksville High School senior Kerrin Heuser, who was recently named a News 12 Long Island Scholar Athlete. Kerrin was profiled by the network during the month of February.

Kerrin is a successful threesport athlete and high academic achiever who volunteers extensively to help others in and around the Hicksville community. She was named an Academic All-American for lacrosse; she plays midfield for the varsity girls Comets and has achieved All-County status the last two seasons. Kerrin also runs cross-country and winter track; she achieved All-Conference status in cross-country and is a threetime most valuable player for winter track, which she captained this season.

Academically, Kerrin is a member of the National Honor Society and the Math Honor Society. She also gives back to others through Key Club and Natural Helpers, and this year, organized a toy drive through the girls lacrosse team. She also volunteers her time away from school at ACDS, a Plainviewbased organization that serves

children and adults with Down syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities. Additionally, Kerrin volunteers at Plainview Hospital in the assisted living wing and is an altar server at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Hicksville.

“We definitely have great programs here in Hicksville,” Kerrin said. “All of the coaches, teachers and advisers have been great. I have had a wonderful time and look forward to finishing out another promising year on a positive note.”

“Kerrin is the epitome of a well-rounded student,” Director of Physical Education, Health, Athletics, Driver Education and Recreation Matthew Calarco said. “She excels in her studies and extracurriculars – notably athletics – and possesses dedication and great character in everything she does.”

For being named a News 12 Long Island Scholar Athlete, Kerrin will receive a $1,000 scholarship, sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union and News 12. She will attend Stony Brook University, from which she has received a scholarship to play lacrosse.

Photo courtesy of the Hicksville School District

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